Real jobs teach what money is worth.
Aplega gives children their own jobs, a reward your family chose, and pocket money that adds up. You check once, at bedtime.
Not open yet. A small free pilot, in one village, comes first.
The film shows seven moments, one after another:
- A job, ticked on time.
- A photo is the proof.
- One check at bedtime.
- At 80%, the reward is theirs.
- Pocket money adds up, job by job.
- Little ones earn a star, and their friend grows.
- Jobs, pocket money and stars, in one family app.
How a day goes
You set it up once. After that, your part of the day is one check at bedtime.
You set the jobs
Give each child their jobs: what, on which days, and by what time. Name the reward the week is for.
They do them, and show it
Children tick their jobs as they go. For the jobs you pick, they send a photo as proof.
You check once, at bedtime
Open tonight's check and answer each photo: Good, Fix it or Not done. That is the whole day's chasing, done in one go.
WeekFor bigger kids
A week they can see adding up
Week is for children old enough to tell the time and to want something. Every job done on time moves the week's score, and the score decides the reward.
Jobs with a time
Any job can have a due-by time, so "later" has an end. Ticked in time, it counts. Past its time, it can't be ticked and counts as missed.
A photo as proof
For the jobs you choose, the tick is a photo taken there and then in the app: the made bed, the loaded dishwasher. You see it at bedtime and answer Good, Fix it or Not done. Fix it sends the job back to be put right. Not done, on a job they ticked, costs a black mark.
A score, and your own reward
The week has one score, and every job adds its share. At 80% or more when the week closes, on Saturday morning, the reward is earned. The reward is whatever your family named: film night, the pool, a bike ride.
Pocket money that builds
Set an amount for the month and every job earns its share of it, a bigger job a bigger share. They watch it add up, cent by cent, and learn what a week of effort is worth. Pocket money is optional.
When things go wrong, the rules are just as plain. A black mark costs a few points and a little pocket money. A week that closes under 60% is a strike: each one takes a quarter off the month's pocket money, and a third leaves none. If the reward slips out of reach, from Thursday your child can offer an extra job of their own, and if you agree it earns points back towards the reward.
StarsFor little ones
A star for every job, and a friend that grows
Stars is for little ones who can't read yet. There is nothing they have to read, no deadline and no money: only pictures, gold stars and a friend to grow.
Jobs are pictures
A bed, a toothbrush, a pile of toys. You choose the pictures and when in the day they belong.
They give themselves the star
Tap the picture, tap the big gold star, and it flies off to their friend. The child says it is done, and that is enough.
The friend grows, and never shrinks
Every star helps a seedling grow into a tree full of birds. A missed day changes nothing: the friend is simply waiting.
One check at bedtime, instead of asking all day
Aplega takes the reminding off you and puts the remembering on them.
Tonight's check
Every child's photos in one place, each answered with a tap. When it says all checked, you are finished.
The same score on both screens
The week's score is on your child's screen and on yours, so nobody has to argue about who did what.
It runs from your phone
You set it up and run it from your own phone. A child's tablet or phone joins by scanning a code, or they borrow yours.
Your family's rules
Your jobs, your reward, your amount of pocket money, or none. Each child is on Stars or on Week, and can move up when they are ready.
What Aplega does not do
It is made for families, and the plan is for families to pay for it, nobody else. So:
No adverts
Nothing is sold to your children, and nobody pays to reach them.
No trackers
No analytics that follow you or your child, in the app or on this page.
Photos don't stay
Only parents see a proof photo, and it is never used for anything else. It is deleted as soon as you have answered it. One you mark Not done is kept seven days first, in case your child disagrees.
No accounts for children
A child has a first name and a colour. No email, no password, no birth date, no surname.
The price
Planned price
€4.99£4.99$4.99a month for a family of four
Priced in euros. Pounds and US dollars are offered too.
Free during the pilot
The plan is €4.99 a month for a family of four. Nobody can pay yet, and no card is asked for. The pilot is free, and families on the waiting list hear first when Aplega opens.
The waiting list opens soonQuestions parents ask
Can I use Aplega today?
Not yet. Aplega began as one family's own app, and that family is still the only one using it. Week runs there every day. Stars is newer and still being tried out. A small free pilot in one village in Catalonia comes next. The waiting list is how you will hear when there is a place for your family.
Which children is it for?
Stars is for little ones who can't read yet. Week is for bigger kids who can tell the time and care about a reward. You choose for each child, and a child can move from Stars to Week later and keep their stars and their friend.
Does my child need their own phone?
No. A child's tablet or phone can join by scanning a code, and one tablet can be shared by brothers and sisters. A child can also use Aplega on a parent's phone.
What happens to the photos?
Only parents see them. Each photo is deleted as soon as you have answered it, with one exception: a photo you mark Not done is kept for seven days, in case your child disagrees, then deleted. A photo nobody answers is deleted after three days. Photos are never used for anything else, and the photo check is off until you turn it on.
Does it have to be about money?
No. Pocket money is optional for each child. Without it, the week still has its score and its reward. Aplega keeps count and never moves money: you pay it your own way.
What will it cost?
The planned price is €4.99 a month for a family of four. The pilot is free, and nothing is charged for joining the waiting list.
Where is our information kept?
In the European Union, in a database in Frankfurt, Germany. The waiting list is kept there, and every family's information will be too when Aplega opens. There are no adverts and no trackers, and a child never has an account of their own.
The waiting list opens soon
We are not taking email addresses yet. When we are, the form will be right here.